Senators forfeit draft pick over invalidated trade
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Greg Wyshynski, ESPN
The Ottawa Senators will forfeit a first-round draft pick for their role in the July 2021 trade of Evgenii Dadonov to the Golden Knights and the subsequently invalidated March 2022 deal that would have sent Dadonov from Las Vegas to the Ducks.
Ottawa will forfeit its first-round draft pick in one of the 2024, 2025 or 2026 NHL drafts. The Senators will make that determination within 24 hours of the conclusion of the draft lottery that season.
In March 2022, the Golden Knights traded Dadonov to the Ducks along with a conditional second-round pick for defenseman John Moore and the contract of forward Ryan Kesler. But hours after the trade was announced, Vegas said it had “become aware of an issue with respect to the trade” and was consulting with the league office about it.
The issue surrounded Dadonov’s limited no-trade clause in his contract, which he signed in October 2020 with the Senators. The clause indicated that Dadonov couldn’t be traded without first submitting a 10-team no-trade list.
The Ducks were on a previously submitted no-trade list to Ottawa. But when the Golden Knights traded for Dadonov in July 2021, there was no mention of the trade protection on the trade call with the Senators and the NHL. Therefore, it was not acknowledged when Vegas completed the trade with Anaheim.
Golden Knights management met with the NHL in 2022 about the situation, seeking some level of discipline for the Senators.
“We appreciate the league’s diligence on this matter and respect the decision,” the Golden Knights said Wednesday in a statement.
Las Vegas traded Dadonov to the Montreal Canadiens in June 2022 for the contract of defenseman Shea Weber.
Dadonov has played for the Dallas Stars for the past two seasons. He has played 493 games in 10 NHL seasons, scoring 301 points.
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani hit his 40th home run of the season Saturday night in the fifth inning of the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ 9-1 win against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Ohtani hit a solo shot 417 feet to center off starter Chris Bassitt to give the Dodgers a three-run lead.
“That was one of those swings where he was behind the ball,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “He stayed into the ground. I know he and the hitting guys have been working on some things mechanically. That was as good of a swing as you’re going to see.”
Ohtani was not made available to the media.
The two-way Japanese star reached 40 homers for the fourth time in his career — and the third straight season — after winning MVP awards in each of the previous three years he did it.
He is the third player with multiple 40-HR seasons in the American League and National League, joining Jim Thome and Mark McGwire.
He did it this time in his 115th game, the fewest needed to reach the mark in a season in Dodgers history.
With 45 regular-season games left, Roberts was asked if he thought Ohtani could reach 55.
“It wouldn’t surprise me,” Roberts said. “Guys like Shohei always look for something to motivate them. He likes round numbers. I know 50 is on his radar. We’ll see how it goes.”
Information from ESPN Research and The Associated Press was used in this report.
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